Fear of the number 13 is known as tridecaphobia, tredecaphobia, or triskaidekaphobia. Persons may fear any situation involving this number, including a house number, the floor of a building, or the thirteenth day of the month. Many buildings omit labeling the thirteenth floor as such for this reason. A phobia can develop for a wide range of objects, situations, or organisms. The list below demonstrates the variety:
Phobia Subject |
Phobia Term |
Animals |
Zoophobia |
Beards |
Pogonophobia |
Books |
Bibliophobia |
Churches |
Ecclesiaphobia |
Dreams |
Oneirophobia |
Fish |
Ichthyophobia |
Flowers |
Anthophobia |
Food |
Sitophobia |
Graves |
Taphophobia |
Infection |
Nosemaphobia |
Lakes |
Limnophobia |
Leaves |
Phyllophobia |
Lightning |
Astraphobia |
Men |
Androphobia |
Money |
Chrometophobia |
Music |
Musicophobia |
Birds |
Ornithophobia |
Sex |
Genophobia |
Shadows |
Sciophobia |
Spiders |
Arachnophobia |
Sun |
Heliophobia |
Touch |
Haptophobia |
Trees |
Dendrophobia |
Walking |
Basiphobia |
Water |
Hydrophobia |
Women |
Gynophobia |
Work |
Ergophobia |
Writing |
Graphophobia |